The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-04-15
A STORY OF SIN.

Last Wednesday afternoon Nj. w,
Fields, for many years chief clerk in
Mcclure Bros, dry-gOods STORE, went to
Fl. Scott, ostensibly on business.
Thursday evening Mr.. Mcclure receiv-
ed letter from him stating that he
had left on account Of family troubles
and did not expect to return. Furth-
er inquiry and letter which came to
him after he was gone, developed the
fact that he went from lola direct to
Bloomington Indiana, where he met a
woman by the name of Jennie George,
from Harrodsburg, Indiana, with whom
previous arrangements had been made
for an elopement:and that from Bloom
ington the pair took the train for the
south. The letter referred to, with q
few changes in the use of capitals and
punctuation, is as follows:
TUESDAY NIGHT.'
Happy again Both friends received the
mission papers and am in possession OF all
And the thing has took summer. l am just
playing the thing as You said Give
So have got. am all right am at home.
Mother will be all right now. My things or
At can go to Blown whenever want;
and III all right. They find 1t would not do to
treat the way it was commenced for 1t would
kill me. 1 am almost sick, but will able to
stand anything. The old gentleman went as
I told you and had chat with maa and it done
ever got scratch. But am afraid 1t will be
too much risk for you to come hear. have
planed 1t to go to B-ton, as have to go to
tb a new or town onth
ago. Now my plan is to go to to B-ton next
Monday, the llth, and take the midnight train
and you come up on it or II you can come on
8 O'Clock. will he at the same house o. IL.
usaly stop at Will have my trunk sent up
I'm friends name this week, then l can get all
right. Now the thing 10 all simered down they
me no. can play 1t line In this way. So you
can depend on it. ! am firm. Now say IL this
will suit you, as am little afraid for you to
come lou t can y. smn e %s w he
last letter to you now, 80 let me no II It suits
and l'll be thaire and don't you forget it. So
depend on itif live till the time comes. 1
hope you will get this in time to respond by
by saturday. Excuse bad writing. Now l am
getting along nicely. am not fretting. l am
shure we will come out o. X. Now don't let
anyone find you out at u. if you come there.
No more till l see you. Rock 4 RYE.
p. $. Now If you want little more time, or
will have to leave any of your buysness unset
tied. just tell me: We can wait till You get It
ar redy without leaving too much behind. just
pull for the shore. 1t be all right don't
want you to loose too much by rushing, a. we
will want all we can get.
Before leaving Mr.. Field turned all
the property he could sell into cash,
which he took with him after paying
little bills that he owed about town.
He attempted to sell his home place
on the pretense that he would use the
money to 60 into business, but his wife
refused to sign the deed. We under
stand there is strong circumstantial
evidence that he has been systematic
ally filching large sum from his EN-
ployers for long time past but the
exact amount cannot be stated. Tele-
gra ms have been sent to have the pair
arrested and brought to justice, but as
yet without result.
1t is needless to say that the affair
has created no little sensation in lola.
We publish the facts, as matter Of
news, but with feeling of profound
regret, which must be shared by all
right thinking people, that man who
had so good name and so fair q pros
pect for an honorable and useful life,
should so foolishly and wickedly throw
them all away. Mr.. Field has long
been leading and active member of
the Christian Church, he has borne an
unblemished reputation and his home
life to all appearances, was entirely
happy. Why he should deliberately
turn his back on all these things and
take upon him instead a mantle of
shame, is a question that only the
Searcher of Hearts can answer. His
wife is overwhelmed by the cruel and
blow that has fallen upon
her, and deserves, as she receives. the
sympathy of the entire community.